Charles Burnett Talk Back and Film Screen @ TBAAL 24-Hour FilmFeast

“I see myself as a person who makes films about people, their conflicts, their conditions, their failures and successes, the things that resonate — things that seem simple but have universal meaning. To share experiences — that's what art is for.” Charles Burnett

The award-winning director will be on hand to share his knowledge and experience in a one-on-one talkback following the last film screening.

FILM SCREENINGS

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.WHEN IT RAINSA musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent. 1995. 13 Minutes.

2:30-4:20 p.m.THE GLASS SHIELDJ.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white-male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, who he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into great personal danger in the service of justice. 1994. 109 Minutes.